Sentences with phrase «front of its host star from»
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As the exoplanet passes in front of its host star, as seen from Earth, some of this starlight travels through the planet's outer atmosphere.
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Most were detected by the wobbles they induce in their host stars or by the starlight they block as they pass in front of their stars as seen from Earth.
The few known super-Earths whose orbits are fortuitously aligned so that they transit — pass in front of their host star — from Earth's vantage point provide a unique laboratory for planetary investigations.
«When a planet transits, or passes in orbit, in front of its host star, we can use information from this event to detect water vapor and other atmospheric compounds.